The dashcam video shows Peter in a short section of the road which has an overtaking lane, before tapering back to a single carriageway.

A still from Peter Westaway's dashcam video on the North Devon Link Road

As it does so, the film shows a silver car drive past Peter, crossing the double white lines and driving over a section of road marked off with diagonal white lines – all while a lorry is heading towards the car in the other lane.

Peter, from Landkey, who actually worked on the construction of the North Devon Link Road back in the 1980s, urged the driver – and others like them – to consider their actions.

He said: "I have driven HGVs on this road since it was built and in that time I, like many others, have been inconvenienced by accidents and the idiots who cause them.

"Everyone has their own agenda and they are not aware of others. It is purely down to impatience.

HGV driver Peter Westaway

"The driver of the car in this video really needs to consider their actions – as well as the burden and heartache of others who could suffer due to their stupid, impatient actions.

"The worst thing is this happens day in, day out on the link road."

Although Peter believes there are dangerous junctions on the link road, he thinks the problems are entirely down to the drivers.

He said: "A road can't be dangerous, it's the people using it.

"I also don't believe the argument that it is tourists or visitors causing these crashes. If you don't know the road, you tend not to take risks on it."

Below: We drove the North Devon Link Road with Councillor Brian Greenslade to see why people think it's so dangerous:

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Peter says the poor driving in North Devon is not just limited to the Link Road.

He said: "On the day of the fatal crash which killed a mother and her two children, traffic was diverted through Landkey where I live.

"I had to dive into a hedge with my dog to avoid a car being driven by a woman who was using her phone in one hand and trying to light a cigarette in the other – all while steering with her elbow.

"I couldn't believe it."

The A361 North Devon Link Road has been dogged with tragedy over the past week with three serious crashes and four fatalities in the space of just seven days.